It's properly ridiculous, mad entertaining and, dare we say it, laugh-out-loud silly.
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07/10/09
Bruno (2009)
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Reviews Counted:208
Fresh:140
Rotten:68
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Crude and offensive, but with ample cultural insights and gut-busting laughs, Bruno is another outlandish and entertaining mockumentary from Sacha Baron Cohen.
Theatrical Release:10-07-2009
Synopsis: After BORAT took over America in 2006, another Sacha Baron Cohen creation arrives on the big screen. In BRUNO, the gay Austrian model of the title brings his antics to the States.
Reviews for Bruno
21 - 40 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Better than Borat? No. But easily just as good, and twice as outrageous.
07/10/09
Sacha Baron Cohen's latest outing is undeniably hilarious and you can't help but admire the sheer chutzpah involved in making the film.
07/10/09
Baron Cohen is an astonishingly focussed performer; we have no idea how he doesn't crack a smile.
07/10/09
Borat remains Sacha Baron Cohen's masterpiece. But gag for gag, Brüno is every bit its equal. So is it the best comedy of the year? Without a doubt.
07/10/09
As funny as some of this is, though, even with a running time just shy of 90 minutes, Brüno often feels as if it's straining for effect.
07/10/09
Bruno is not for the easily upset but if you roared with laughter at Borat the chances are that you will find the gay Austrian model even more outrageously funny.
07/10/09
There are sequences of comic genius but you suspect that the huge dollop of cruelty in Cohen has got out of hand - and then the movie wilts.
07/09/09
May be the funniest film of the year thus far, but it doesn't come close to reaching the comedic heights of his previous effort, Borat.
07/07/09
While the film isn’t as consistently funny as Borat, Bruno should still pull in a sizeable audience.
06/30/09
[Homophobia] deserves confrontation, but when done in the manner of the movie here, it is less enlightening than it is just plain squirmingly funny.
11/24/09
Merely a collection of supposedly shocking jokes about homosexuality and gay sex.
11/19/09
You can watch Bruno purely as outrageousness or you can view it while pondering where the line is - or should be - between incisive social commentary and misanthropy.
11/18/09
The only thing Cohen can do is to throw the character's sexuality in people's faces, but there are several brilliant sequences of baiting and utilizing American gay panic that really hit the satirical button.
11/17/09
For all of its button-pushing, the end result is almost as superficial as its egocentric hero.
11/16/09
There are more consequences of his situations than there are laughs derived from them. Not everyone around here is a Howard Stern.
11/07/09
What "Bruno" may lack in setup innovation, character conviction or "Borat's" inherent sweetness, it makes up for by pushing things beyond points of comfort or, in some cases, personal safety. Successfully uproarious in slaying social stratification.
09/23/09
As outlandish as the central character is, he uncovers some biting truths that no comedy writer could invent any better.
08/31/09
In the end, Bruno simply isn't as funny as Borat. ... Mr. Baron Cohen is too often forcing the issue instead of letting the humor emerge organically.
08/30/09
Illustrates not the public's gullibility but a comic's waning sense of danger
08/25/09
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